Fastener.



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Patented June 2, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

VALENTINE KERN, oE ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 730,129, dated June 2,1903.

Application filed December 2O,A 1902. Serial No: 13 6,040. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.- K

Be it known that I, VALENTINE KERN, a citizen 'of the United States,residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented new and useful 1111-' provenients in Fasteners, of which thefol-V The invention is illustrated inthe accom panying drawings, asfollows: l

Figure l shows a side elevation of a fragment in window, a part beingbroken away and in section to better show construction. Fig. 2 shows aperspective view of the catch. Fig. 3 shows a vertical section of analternative construction; Fig. 4, a horizontal section of thealternative construction, wherein the device is adapted to a door;Fig.'5, a frontelevation of the window with the fastener in placethereon.

A marks the window-casing. This is provided with the sockets a, the facehaving the sockets preferably protected by the plate a',

having openin gs to register with the sockets a.

The window-sash B has fthe recess b arranged in the face opposite theframe or casing. A guide-way ZJ extends into the window-sash from thisrecess, and an opening b2 extends through this guideway to the frontface of the sash. This opening is preferably covered by a metal plateb3, said metal plate being provided with an opening b9, which extendsinto' the opening b2. The catch C is provided with an end c, adapted toenter the socket a. It extends back into the guideway b' and has anoutwardly-extending handle o', which extends through the slot or openingbf. The neck c2 of the handle is proportioned to permit of the handlebeing extended through the plate b3 and then turned so as to bring thecatch into line'with the opening b2. A spring D is arran ged in therecess b. The spring is turned back upon itself, forming a movable sashBis `to .be locked.

plate d, in which is an opening d@ registering with the end of theguideway o. This plate is secured in the recess by thescrews cl2. The

' active part of the spring d3 is secured to the catch by means of theshoulders at the sides of the notch c3 in the catch C. The spring istensioned to force the end of the catch into the socket d. It ispreferable to set the plate b3 into the sash suicient depth that thehandle c will clearA the companion sash in the window. y y

In the alternative construction shown in Fig. 3 the sash A forms theframe or rela.

tively stationary part to which the relatively p The recess b4 andguideway b5 are cut into` the face of the sash opposite the sash A', andthe plate b is arranged over the guideway. The other parts of thestructure are similar to lthose shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 shows analternative construction wherein the fastening is adapted to a door. Thecasing A2 has the socket d3 to receive the end of the catch. The catch cis similar in construction to the catch C, except the end cl is beveledin the ordinary manner of catches on doors. The door is provided with arecess bis, inwhichis a guideway bl, and this is covered with a plateZ910. The spring is the same as the spring shown in Fig. l and the partsoperate in a manner What I claim as new is- In a fastener, thecombination with a stad tionary frame; a movable frame to be lockedtherewith said movable frame having a recess in the face opposite thestationary frame and

